Memoir of General Graham: With Notices of the Campaigns in which He was Engaged from 1779 to 1801Priv. print. by R. & R. Clark, 1862 - 318 pages |
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... despatch , pays the highest compliments to Lord Rawdon , Colonel Webster , Lieutenant - Colonel Tarleton , and all the officers , and praises the discipline and gallantry of the different corps . Our loss was not very great considering ...
... despatch , pays the highest compliments to Lord Rawdon , Colonel Webster , Lieutenant - Colonel Tarleton , and all the officers , and praises the discipline and gallantry of the different corps . Our loss was not very great considering ...
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... despatch a ship of war . The ship anchored at the mouth of the Elizabeth river , and sent a summons into Portsmouth in the name of her commander , and that of the officer commanding the Militia , desiring the garrison to surrender ...
... despatch a ship of war . The ship anchored at the mouth of the Elizabeth river , and sent a summons into Portsmouth in the name of her commander , and that of the officer commanding the Militia , desiring the garrison to surrender ...
Page 36
... got as far down as Hay * Petersburgh , a post town of Virginia , on the south - east bank of the Appamato River , twenty miles south of Richmond . LA FAYETTE . 37 Island , when despatches were received 36 MEMOIR OF GENERAL GRAHAM .
... got as far down as Hay * Petersburgh , a post town of Virginia , on the south - east bank of the Appamato River , twenty miles south of Richmond . LA FAYETTE . 37 Island , when despatches were received 36 MEMOIR OF GENERAL GRAHAM .
Page 37
... despatches were received from Lord Corn- wallis , which occasioned our immediate return . After relanding we made a forced march in the night , and again took possession of Petersburgh ( on the 10th May ) . During our absence , an aide ...
... despatches were received from Lord Corn- wallis , which occasioned our immediate return . After relanding we made a forced march in the night , and again took possession of Petersburgh ( on the 10th May ) . During our absence , an aide ...
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... despatch that many of them rode into the camp and took him by the hand , ex- pressing joy at the defeat of General Green , but went no further . In short , either from timidity or change of sentiment , not one appeared in arms for his ...
... despatch that many of them rode into the camp and took him by the hand , ex- pressing joy at the defeat of General Green , but went no further . In short , either from timidity or change of sentiment , not one appeared in arms for his ...
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